In response to many who have requested that Reg make a CD that reflects the intimacy of his live shows, both Solo and with Beth Porter on Cello, It’s a collection of 12 brand new songs stripped down to the bare bones. But don’t think for a minute this is some kind of cheap, cut price release. The album…

Prolific singer/songwriter Scott Macdonald is from Glasgow and plays acoustic guitar / harmonica. His main influences are Neil Young, Martin Stephenson, John Martyn and Mike Scott. He grew up in Glasgow and first became addicted to music when he saw The Clash at the Apollo. After a year in Australia busking…

Hank tells me that the last gigs in Canterbury and Putney went swimmingly. Spanner Robinson and Kevin Bassman clicked in lovely and the 3-part harmonies were a delight. Hank is ecstatic about it and is threatening to become a bore babbling on about the great contribution Spanner’s presence and harmonies give to the Lost…

I’m real excited to begin our Fall JP Duo tour this week. Freddi Lubitz will start it out with me in the North of Germany and Ross Bellenoit will finish it out with me in the North as well – a full circle! I’m working on the songs for the tour right now and it is great fun. There are some brand new songs and some old ones, as in my OLD songs. Can’t wait to renew them for you.

Pete Pawsey from Radar's Clowns of Sedation is the featured guest on episode 114 of the Americana Music Show and he talks about knowing "different hymns from y'all," his Stones/Muscle Shoals moment, and the importance of…

Earlier this year I watched the film documentary SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN. It told the story of how two South African fans tracked down Detroit based singer/songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, a cult hero in their country, decades after he had released a couple of albums which had sank without trace, everywhere that is, apart from South Africa. The documentary tells one of the most heart-warming stories in the music business. As well as showing what happened to Rodriguez during the ‘lost decades’ it…

Walking into the Hall the first thing I noticed was that the ‘stage’ for tonight’s show was on the floor, and the ‘proper stage’ was all curtained off as if it was out of bounds. All became clearer later as Martyn Joseph explained to the audience that the Hall’s stage was too high and he really wanted to be ‘closer to my peeps’. The second thing I noticed was the guitar rack, which housed two acoustic guitars, a tenor guitar and a Stratocaster next to which stood a ukulele. Hmmm I thought…

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